Abbie Fleming

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Abbie Fleming
Date of birth (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Exeter, England
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Occupation(s)Physiotherapist, rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Lock
Current team Exeter Chiefs Women
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Llandaff North ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Cardiff Blues (0)
2020– Exeter Chiefs 27 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019– Wales 3

Abbie Fleming (born 31 March 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays flanker for the Wales women's national rugby union team and lock for Exeter Chiefs in the Premier 15s. [1] She made her international debut for Wales against Spain in 2019. [2] [3]

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Rugby career

Club career

Fleming began playing rugby at the age of 12. Following a move to Wales from her hometown of Exeter she played for Llandaff North RFC and then Cardiff Blues in Welsh regional rugby, [2] captaining the side in the summer of 2019. [4] [3] She joined Exeter Chiefs in 2020. [2] [3]

International career

Fleming won her first cap against Spain in the 2019 Autumn Internationals [2] and subsequently represented Wales at the 2021 Six Nations Championship. [5] She has also played against the Barbarians at the Principality Stadium. [2]

In January 2022, She was one of 31 Welsh players who have received full-time contracts. [6] [7] She was selected for Wales sevens squad for the Lisbon leg of the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series. [8]

Fleming has won three caps in her rugby career to date. [1] She played in the warm-up match against Canada ahead of the World Cup. [9] [10] She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [11] [12]

Personal life

Fleming was temporarily unable to play rugby following an ACL reconstruction procedure in April 2019. [4]

Outside of rugby, Fleming is a qualified community and hospital physiotherapist in Bridgend, South Wales. [2] [13] During the COVID-19 pandemic she was on the NHS frontline working as part of the respiratory on-call rota at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend. [14] [7]

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  6. ↑ Masters, Tom (2022-07-06). "Wales Women award 17 further contracts as Cunningham extends stay". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  7. 1 2 Smith, Annie (2022-02-15). "Abbie Fleming: From the pandemic frontline to playing in the Six Nations". The Cardiffian. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. ↑ "Fleming added to Wales Sevens for Lisbon". BBC Sport. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ↑ Armitage, Megan (2022-08-26). "Wales set to face Canada in first warm-up match". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. ↑ "Canada coast to win over Wales in Halifax". Americas Rugby News. 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  11. ↑ Jones, Liz (2022-09-21). "Wales Rugby World Cup squad named". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  12. ↑ "Wales: Siwan Lillicrap captains 32-player Rugby World Cup squad featuring 19 tournament debutants". Sky Sports. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  13. ↑ "Inspirational Cardiff Blues women stars on the front line of battle against Covid-19". www.cardiffrugby.wales. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  14. ↑ James, Ben (2020-04-08). "Four Wales Women rugby players join NHS frontline fight". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
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